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so tomorrow evening will be a big vote. the specific times aren't set, but we're into a series of days where these vote showdowns will be more and more important. a lot of the strategy will go behind the scenes. account various sides wrangle people to get them to their side? this will not be easy for either majority leader reid or boehner. >> kelly o'donnell for us, thank you. >>> joining me is congressman henry coyer and adam kinninger. gentlemen, good morning. congressman claire, the president asked the american people to call their congressmen, and we understand that some sites crashed, we're hearing that the server for the house is still down. what are you hearing? >> we're hearing from our constituents to make sure we don't have a default. we have to find a solution in a bipartisan way. i know there's two competing interests here, but i'm hoping that we get together and work something out. >> obviously congressman kinninger, a number of your colleagues said they would not support john boehner's plan, so i'm wondering i
so tomorrow evening will be a big vote. the specific times aren't set, but we're into a series of days where these vote showdowns will be more and more important. a lot of the strategy will go behind the scenes. account various sides wrangle people to get them to their side? this will not be easy for either majority leader reid or boehner. >> kelly o'donnell for us, thank you. >>> joining me is congressman henry coyer and adam kinninger. gentlemen, good morning. congressman...
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but there are two big things. most damaging of all, he was pressed several times on whether he had had any conversations with all of his various contacts and friends at rupert murdoch's company in the u.k. about a $12 billion attempt to buy out the reminder of bskyb, the big broadcaster over there. this was a deal that the british government has quasi-judicial authority to approve or deny. all he could say is he had no inappropriate conversations. he kept using that phrase. frankly, it didn't sound like the members of parliament really bought that line. the second thing, a really explosive claim, that someone in the senior government, a senior government official had been hacked and bugged while andy coulson was there. these kinds of allegations are -- they just keep cropping up every day and it doesn't look like this kind of statement or investigations are going to end any time soon. >> yeah, we could be early in the game at the moment. michael, i want to play some sound from yesterday's testimony, what we heard
but there are two big things. most damaging of all, he was pressed several times on whether he had had any conversations with all of his various contacts and friends at rupert murdoch's company in the u.k. about a $12 billion attempt to buy out the reminder of bskyb, the big broadcaster over there. this was a deal that the british government has quasi-judicial authority to approve or deny. all he could say is he had no inappropriate conversations. he kept using that phrase. frankly, it didn't...
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i think the big difference is the extent, the time. and he didn't mention that in this, so he's no longer safe yi that it has to get us past 2012. that is also one of the big sticking points is how long will the debt ceiling extension be. >> all right. we're just getting a note here from the associated press. do we still have dave weigel there and emily? >> still here, chris. >> all right, i don't know if either of you heard this, but the house gop is said now that it's going to change the stalled bill and the vote could come as soon as sometime today. what would you expect that to be, dave? >> if they actually hold a vote, that means they won a few people over. there were a couple of problems, some members had, with the pell grant payments in this bill. and if they change that, then they get a bill that can at least move out of the house. but we're talking about real kabuki here. if they end up changing that component to get a few more of those votes, that's the kind of thing that might be tweaked again later for when this returns to
i think the big difference is the extent, the time. and he didn't mention that in this, so he's no longer safe yi that it has to get us past 2012. that is also one of the big sticking points is how long will the debt ceiling extension be. >> all right. we're just getting a note here from the associated press. do we still have dave weigel there and emily? >> still here, chris. >> all right, i don't know if either of you heard this, but the house gop is said now that it's going...
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." >>> two big names missing from the iowa straw poll ballot. texas governor rick perry and sarah palin. both gop stars are undeclared. perry says he will make a decision in a couple of weeks. palin will announce in a few months. >>> new jersey's governor chris christie insists he is not running in 2012, but he is hanging out in iowa today. he will speak at an educational conference in des moines and headline a political fundraiser for congressman steve king. >>> the hotel maid who has accused dominique strauss-kahn of sexually assaulting her is breaking her silence for the first time. in an emotional interview with news week magazine, she swears she's telling the truth and wants the ex-imf head to go to prison for what he has done. she says, "i want him to go to jail. i want him to know there are some places you cannot use your power, you cannot use your money." joining us is former sex crimes prosecutor and criminal defense attorney ricky clayman. nice to see you. nice to have you in studio. we rarely see an accuser come forth before a da has
." >>> two big names missing from the iowa straw poll ballot. texas governor rick perry and sarah palin. both gop stars are undeclared. perry says he will make a decision in a couple of weeks. palin will announce in a few months. >>> new jersey's governor chris christie insists he is not running in 2012, but he is hanging out in iowa today. he will speak at an educational conference in des moines and headline a political fundraiser for congressman steve king. >>>...
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but the big bust occurs here in the united states. as you say, think about this, friends, $60 million in cash. but let's talk about some of the drugs that authorities were able to take off the streets. meth, 2,773 pounds of it. almost the same amount of cocaine. marijuana, 14,800 pounds. and what this does is strikes a very massive blow to the operation of distribution of drugs from mexico into the united states. chris, you and i were talking with this last summer. when they got one of these thugs, his name was the barbie, they asked him, hey, how do you get all the cash back to mexico? he said well, they bring it in on tractor-trailers, you know, 18-wheelers full of cash. think about this. this is a cash-only business. they got $62 million worth of it that would go right into the coffers of these drug cartels. and it's a massive blow to these organizations, especially the distribution level of it. >> look, not to rain on the parade, because obviously this is huge and what they have done is pretty incredible when you look at this bein
but the big bust occurs here in the united states. as you say, think about this, friends, $60 million in cash. but let's talk about some of the drugs that authorities were able to take off the streets. meth, 2,773 pounds of it. almost the same amount of cocaine. marijuana, 14,800 pounds. and what this does is strikes a very massive blow to the operation of distribution of drugs from mexico into the united states. chris, you and i were talking with this last summer. when they got one of these...
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a big vote coming this afternoon in the house. members will consider speaker john boehner's debt bill. but even if he can rein in tea party members to get it passed, 51 democratic senators vowed to block it. >> if this debate continues to be driven by the extremes, well, whether we go off the cliff august 2nd or go off the cliff at the end of the year, we'll be at the same place. >> i've got a little rebellion on my hands every day. it comes with the territory. >> you're not worried. >> never let them see you sweat. >> i think we'll end up in a stalemate. i anticipate that the boehner bill will get through the house today after he's pushed his folks kind of hard, and then it will be dead on arrival once it gets to the senate. >> of course, time is running out. default just five days away and things are getting so bad the u.s. treasury is now weighing which bills to pay if the country defaults. michael the correspondent for "washington post," and louise story, according to politico republican leaders are very prepared to say to the
a big vote coming this afternoon in the house. members will consider speaker john boehner's debt bill. but even if he can rein in tea party members to get it passed, 51 democratic senators vowed to block it. >> if this debate continues to be driven by the extremes, well, whether we go off the cliff august 2nd or go off the cliff at the end of the year, we'll be at the same place. >> i've got a little rebellion on my hands every day. it comes with the territory. >> you're not...
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what i like is it's talking about big bold bipartisan plan, a lot of details not out about it. it does talk about 3$3.7 trillin worth of spending cuts over the next ten years and talks about tax reform, i think is critically necessary, talks about lowering the rate, you heard 29%, again, allowing corporations to be more competitive in the global marketplace. these are things we want to accomplish and a big bold bipartisan plan is one we're looking for. >> congressman richmond, is that something you can get on board with? >> we're still looking at the plan and still concerns about reforms to social security that our seniors would receive. i think the framework and concept is something the american people want, which is a little give-and-take on both sides so we can get past this and get back to talking about the 14 million americans unemployed and looking for work. >> you're nodding your head when he's saying that, congressman dole. i'm wondering what you're hearing from your constituents and what their major concerns are when it comes to this tax plan. >> what i'm hearing, i'm
what i like is it's talking about big bold bipartisan plan, a lot of details not out about it. it does talk about 3$3.7 trillin worth of spending cuts over the next ten years and talks about tax reform, i think is critically necessary, talks about lowering the rate, you heard 29%, again, allowing corporations to be more competitive in the global marketplace. these are things we want to accomplish and a big bold bipartisan plan is one we're looking for. >> congressman richmond, is that...